Daniel 6:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹² Then they approached and ^(A)spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the ^(B)law of the Medes and Persians, which ^[a]may not be revoked.” ¹³ Then they responded and spoke before the king, “^(C)Daniel, who is one of the ^[b]exiles from Judah, pays ^(D)no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”

¹⁴ Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply ^(E)distressed, and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and until sunset he kept exerting himself to save him.